Don't Tell contains a total of 64 stories and essays mostly by agnostics and atheists in AA originally posted on AA Agnostica, most often on Sunday mornings, over the last almost three years. These were written by over thirty men and women from almost as many cities, states, provinces and counties within three countries, the United States, Canada and Great Britain. It is a diverse and eclectic sampling of writings by women and men for whom sobriety within the fellowship of AA had nothing a...

"A celebration of the varieties of recovery experience" -William L. White "A beautiful testimony to AA's living history." -Ernest Kurtz 20 Samples of alternative Steps for those in AA who are agnostic, atheist, humanist, etc. Interpretations of the steps by Dr. Allen Berger, Stephanie Covington, Gabor Mate, and Therese Jacobs-Stewart. An engaging and helpful History of the origins of the 12 Steps, the suggested program of recovery in AA. Information about AA Agnostica, a web site for the g...

The Definitive Guide to Strategic Asset AllocationUniting theory and practice--the art and science of asset allocationInvestors long to beat the market, and money managers accept that as their mandate. The sad reality is that most money managers underperform the market, and individual investors do even worse. Investors also face emotional challenges. The irrational exuberance of the 1990s, for instance, can as easily derail a sensible investment strategy as the market p...

The latest edition of Kochar’s Clinical Medicine for Students continues to build with new editors and authors who provide critical updated information medical students, nursing students and physician assistant students need for success. The textbook includes 4 sections: • “Key Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases” provides important updates on high yield medical conditions based on key symptoms and ndings that patients commonly present with. • “Disease and Disorders” is organized by...

The latest edition of Kochar’s Clinical Medicine for Students continues to build with new editors and authors who provide critical updated information medical students, nursing students and physician assistant students need for success The textbook includes 4 sections: • “Key Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases” provides important updates on high yield medical conditions based on key symptoms and ndings that patients commonly present with. • “Disease and Disorders” is organized by ...

Flow Measurement Handbook is a reference for engineers on flow measurement techniques and instruments. It strikes a balance between laboratory ideas and the realities of field experience and provides practical advice on design, operation and performance of flowmeters. It begins with a review of essentials: accuracy, flow, selection and calibration methods. Each chapter is then devoted to a flowmeter class and includes information on design, application installation, calibration and operati...

This book is an inspiration for those uncomfortable with the “God bit” in 12 Step recovery meetings and fellowships. A History of Agnostics in AA is a perfect blend of two essential parts for a book of this sort: personal experience and research. The book is divided into three main parts: Our History, Problems in AA and Moving Forward. The history goes back to Jim Burwell, the first atheist in AA, and to the very first agnostic AA meetings. It also taps into the discrimination against nonb...

As AA Historian Ernie Kurtz put it, “Storytelling is the essential dynamic of AA.” Do Tell! contains thirty stories – an equal number by women and men – by atheists and agnostics who tell us “what it was like, what happened and what it’s like now” as they made their way to a life of long-term sobriety within the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is in sharing our “experience, strength and hope” in recovery that we are able to help others within our Fellowship. There are today far too few s...

About the BookAn old man’s wish comes true, but not in his timeline…Careful What You Wish For… is a heartwarming story of replacing an aging Santa Claus and how his replacement was selected. Told with a different flair and point of view, this thrilling Christmas tale is sure to become a classic.About the AuthorRoger C. Douglas is seventy-four years old and retired after working at a locally owned grocery store for forty-two years, with twenty-five of those year...

A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.The whaleback ship reflected the experiences of its inventor, Captain Alexander McDougall, who decided in the 1880s that he could build an improved and easily towed barge cheaply by using the relatively unskilled labor force available in his adopted hometown of Duluth, Minnesota. Captain McDougall's dream resulted in the creation of the American Steel Barge Company. From 1888 t...

An essential volume in the NASA History Series by Robert C. Seamans, Jr., the Associate Administrator of NASA during the Apollo program. A stirring insider's account of NASA and the manned space program at the highest levels. Relationships with the Department of Defense, the Apollo 204 fire, the assassination of President Kennedy, and more.Aiming at Targets is a series of fascinating topical vignettes covering the author's professional life. Taken together, like broad brushstrokes i...

A road map for addressing and resolving the debate surrounding Confederate monuments in the United StatesIn recent years, the debate over the future of Confederate monuments has taken center stage and caused bitter clashes in communities throughout the American South. At the heart of the debate is the question of what these monuments represent. The arguments and counterarguments are formulated around sets of assumptions grounded in Southern history, politics, cultu...